Montecristo 80th Aniversario SOM DIC15 : ERC

[Habana Mike]

Figured it's a holiday, let's pull out the big guns!

I've smoked a couple of these since release and thought that's a good choice for some cocoa notes.

Very well constructed, perfect draw. Toast and cocoa on the prelight.

Fired up nicely with large volume of smoke production.

Starts a bit on the woody side with some sweet coffee notes.

Burn is spot on, nice firm ash.

Dark molten chocolate begins to make an appearance approaching the middle third of the smoke. Just what I was hoping for! Quite full and rich smoke at this point, coating the palate nicely.

Decent strength with this one, bit more fuller-bodied than most Habanos. Some earthiness to it, a bit like compost or mulch. Not off-putting, an interesting aside.

Nice enough complexity with moderate evolution through out. Fairly good cigar to me but not sure worth the price point.

Had a touch of old Bowmore on the side, well accompanied.

 

 

[Andy04]

That wrapper leaf looks impeccable.

[dicko]

Thanks for the review. I had one of these a couple of weeks ago. Didn't get the molten chocolate flavour but plenty of cream and it was super smooth.

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[TheMonk]

Good review! I believe these still need time, and possibly lots of it.

[Fatshotbud]

Thanks HM!

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